. Thackerayana;. have averred. 1 The discussing these difficulties without perplexity or pre-judice, the labour of collecting and collating matters of this 288 THA CKERA YANA. nature, will, I hope, in a great measure atone for the idle hours Ihave trifled away in matters of less importance. No. 77. The Guardian.—June 9, 1713. Certum voto pete finem.—Hor. wishes fix an end.—Creech. The same weakness, or defect in the mind, from whencepedantry takes its rise, does likewise give birth to avarice. Wordsand money are both to be regarded as only marks of things ; andas the knowledge of the one
. Thackerayana;. have averred. 1 The discussing these difficulties without perplexity or pre-judice, the labour of collecting and collating matters of this 288 THA CKERA YANA. nature, will, I hope, in a great measure atone for the idle hours Ihave trifled away in matters of less importance. No. 77. The Guardian.—June 9, 1713. Certum voto pete finem.—Hor. wishes fix an end.—Creech. The same weakness, or defect in the mind, from whencepedantry takes its rise, does likewise give birth to avarice. Wordsand money are both to be regarded as only marks of things ; andas the knowledge of the one, so the possession of the other is ofno use, unless directed to a farther end. A mutual commercecould not be carried on among men, if some common standardhad not been agreed upon, to which the value of all the variousproductions of art and nature were reducible, and which might beof the same use in the conveyance of property as words are in thatof ideas. Gold, by its beauty, scarceness, and durable nature,. seems designed by Providence to a purpose so excellent andadvantageous to mankind. Upon these considerations that metalcame first into esteem. But such who cannot see beyond whatis nearest in the pursuit, beholding mankind touched with anaffection for gold, and being ignorant of the true reason thatintroduced this odd passion into human nature, imagine someintrinsic worth in the metal to be the cause of it. Hence thesame men who, had they been turned towards learning, would THE GUARDIAN: 289 have employed themselves in laying up words in their memory,are by a different application employed to as much purpose intreasuring up gold in their coffers. They differ only in the object;the principle on which they act, and the inward frame of mind, isthe same in the critic and the miser. No. 84. The Guardian.—yunei*], 1713. Non missura cutem nisi plena cruoris hirudo.— like leeches, till they burst with blood.—Roscommon. To Nestor Ironside, Esq. 1 Sir,—Presu
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